The Brookhaven leader., 1887-04-21
MISCELLANEOUS

MCGRATH's wall paper warehouse, Chi
Cago, was burned early on the morning OF
the 18th. Two frCmen lost their hives
The loss Of property amounted to $4,000.
FIRE at Imperador, one of the stations on
the Panama canal, recently destroyed the
machine shopof contracting firm, causing
5000. 900 loss. Two persons were burned.
TIE congregation Of the Holy See at
Rome has decided to favor the recognition
of the Knights of Labor in accordance with
Cardinal Gibbons report.
The jury in the case of John B. Mannix,
formerly assignee Of Archbishop Purcell,
of Cincinnati. charged with embezzlement
were discharged recently, being unable to
agree.
THE steamer Chandagore, from Mar
seilles, France, was ordered to quarantine
at New York recently because of the pres
cnce of smallpox She had 1880 steerage
passengers.
A TERRIBLE accident occurred the other
evening on the Ohio road six miles below
Ravenswood, w. Va. John Holden, OF
Belpre, O., and Joe Reeves, a laborer, of
Clifton, w. Va, were killed and Robert
Evans, engineer, of Chillicothe, was badly
injured. Several others were more or less
severely injured The tender jumped the
track, throwing the cars over bank
TIE city jail at Missoula, NJ. T., was fired
from the inside early the other morning in
an unknown manner A man named Cham
bers, who was confined for vagrancy, was
burned to death.
THE police have been ordered to resume
evictions on the Marquis OF Lansdowne's
estate. This being the case William o. Brlen
will proceed to Canada Immediately to de-
nouncc the Marquis course in sanctlonlng
the evictiOns.
ANaged Irishman known as Blind om,"
who lost his sight while in the army and has
been receiving pension of S24 per month,
dropped dead in New York saloon the
other day on receiving notice from Wash
ington that he was entitled to S6,0Narrears
of pensions and would hereafter receive SO
per month
The Boston Herald states that Mrs.
Sarah F. Howe, OF the woman's bank
fame, has absconded with $4,000 of the
depositOrs' money.
CAJEMR, the Yaqui Indian chief, has been
captured by General Martinez at ranch
ten miles from Guaymas. Mexico, where he
had been hiding for two months, His cap
ture ends the war between the Yaquis and
Mexlcans, which has been waged in Sonora
for two years.
comacI County. Va, destroyed most of the
business portion of that town. Twenty
three houses, including the Grand Central
Hotel, post-office and q number of business
houses were burned. Loss, $50,0OG; insur-
ance, $4,000.
JAMESTOWN, N. Y, was reported infested
with crooks of various kinds. Four burglar
les occurred in one night
AGRARIAN disorders prevail in Russia
and Poland. During the month Of March
four landed proprietors were murdered by
peasants, and three noblemen were killed
the first two weeks of April The murder
ers have not been arrested.
CANADIAN manufacturers who have been
approached on the subject declare that
they Will resist commercial union and re-
ciprocity with the United States in every
way possible.
A ROCK shoe occurred in the deep cut on
the works Of Kyner, Higbee and Bernard
on the Midland grade. near Buena Vista,
Cal, on the lIth, in which ten men Wore
killed and several moro or less injured,
) PARTY of Morm9n elderS.has been ex
PEELED bVthe.peopls6f the western part of
North CarnliTia